Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri, speaking to BBC: “At the beginning we were tired physically and mentally. Then in the 2nd half they lowered the intensity and we got in control of the match. It was very difficult in the 1st half and we were lucky because we scored 2goals in 3mins and then after the 2nd goal we were able to play good football. “Ruben Loftus-Cheek is not just for me but for English football. He is improving match by match he can become one of the best midfielders in Europe, not only in England. He has very great potential and in the next season he will be for sure one of the best midfielders, not only in England.
“I don’t know about Gonzalo Higuain’s future, you have to ask the club. But for a striker it is not easy to play here, when you’re used to playing in Spain and Italy. It’s not easy to adapt to this competition because it’s different physically. If he’s staying then we can do very well in the next season. “Gary Cahill is very important in the dressing room, very professional, he played only 5 or 6 matches this season but in training he was really very important for us. It was right to put him on the pitch for the last minutes.”
WATFORD BOSS JAVI GRACIA:
Watford boss Javi Gracia, speaking to BBC: “It’s difficult to accept this result because we had a good performance in the 1st half and had very clear chances to score but didn’t take them. “Then in the 2nd half, they scored from a corner kick, the 2nd from another corner. It was difficult for us but if you analyse the play of the team we did many things well. We didn’t confirm in the 1st half when we played better and after that we didn’t deserve this result.
“I’m sad because we knew at the 1st corner they will do this and they did it and they scored. We need to be more aggressive to defend, more aggressive to finish and more clinical. Only playing well is not enough to win in these stadiums. “We need to improve, it’s not just bad luck, we need to be more aggressive to finish the chances we are creating. We dominated possession; we played more in the opposition half. I like how we played but we need to be more aggressive in both boxes.”
By Oyemalu Amaechi
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